DukeMed Alumni News, Spring 2024
Kevin Thomas named First Vice Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion for Duke School of Medicine
School of Medicine joins national effort to transform medical education
The Duke University School of Medicine has been selected as one of 11 medical schools from across the United States and Canada to participate in the Anti-Racist Transformation in Medical Education (ART in Med Ed) project, a national collaborative to dismantle systemic racism and bias in academic medicine.
Duke Researchers Receive Grant to Roll Out Next-Generation Coronavirus Vaccine
Dzirasa named to the National Academy of Medicine
Duke Brain Scientists Named Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators
School of Medicine Welcomes 2021 Incoming Class
The Duke University School of Medicine welcomes students from across the country and around the world who start their health professions careers at the School of Medicine this month. First- and second-year students in the Doctor of Medicine (MD) program participated in White Coat Ceremonies on Aug. 6. The second-year students were unable to hold an in-person ceremony last year due to COVID-19. The Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) program also held a White Coat Ceremony in July, and the Physician Assistant Program will hold one later this month.
New Generation Artificial Heart Implanted in Patient at Duke – First in U.S.
A surgical team at Duke University Hospital, led by Drs. Jacob Schroder and Carmelo Milano, successfully implanted a new-generation artificial heart in a 39-year-old man with heart failure, becoming the first center in North America to perform the procedure.
Meet the 2021 Distinguished Professors
This spring, nine faculty members in the Duke University School of Medicine have been awarded distinguished professorships. In total, Duke University awarded distinguished professors to 22 faculty members from eight Duke colleges and schools this year. Distinguished professorships are awarded to faculty who have demonstrated extraordinary scholarship in advancing science and improving human health.
The 2021 recipients from the School of Medicine are:
Dean Klotman Delivers the 2021 State of the School Address
Rauch Foundation makes historic gift for financial aid
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